Yesteryear Village — Attraction in Loxahatchee Groves

Located about 15 minutes west of Palm Beach airport, the Yesteryear Village is a quaint walk down memory lane. There are about 10 buildings dedicated to different functions of a turn of the century (19th to 20th) including a fishing shack, a general store and a few homes including the Riddle haunted house. It’s cute but there is not a lot to do and would be a quick stop (about an hour or less).

However, the South Florida Fair also takes place there during select times of the year and that is a big deal with tons to do for kids…all types of rides, lots of shops and kiosks, and a multitude of food trucks focusing on fair favorites like ribbon fries, corn dogs, donut burgers, and the like. There are three sets of fees…parking (between $10 to $20), access to the grounds which includes the Village ($15 per person) and then ride pass (I didn’t not do any rides or even check out the prices…sorry). While we visited mid-day on a weekday, it looks like the fairgrounds will be slammed after work and especially in the...

My Husband and I went there on Saturday. When the dark haired female manager was walking towards us to unlock the gate she was quite snippy with her tone. She stated " I'm hungry, cranky, and tired today" she also stated you could have gone around the gate to where the volunteers enter. It was our first time there we did not realize the other entrance. Then she started yammering on about having to unlock the restrooms. My husband mentioned that the business hours state 10 am opening. It was almost 10 afterbefore she unlocked the gate. She started blaming the volunteers. They are not to blame, hence the word "volunteer". She was quite annoying. I would not volunteer my time to a shrew like her. The grou ds and the buildings were very nice. Especially the lady in the telephone museum. She was awesome!!!!!!! Very nice lady!!!!! She could teach that manager some manners!!! Probably will...

Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. Plenty of restrooms, everything is clean and spaced out nicely; while on our visit there were 350 field trip students and you seriously would never know. For the kiddos definitely bring/wear a bathing suit as they open a fire hose to cool them off.

I highly recommend visiting the general store and picking up a souvenir or just browsing, there are some really cool artifacts. Bring your own lunch as the store only offers chips, cookies, candies, and cold drinks (as far as food goes.)

Most of the buildings are stroller friendly and some are even air conditioned which really helped considering it reached 96 degrees during our visit.

Overall I recommend visiting at least once, it's a great lesson in how we used to live in Palm Beach county and just how far we've come...